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WAUSAU – A pit bull that attacked a woman and killed her small dog Thursday has been banned from Wausau.

The injured 56-year-old Wausau woman was walking her Chihuahua at about 4:30 p.m. Thursday in the 900 block of Washington Street when the pit bull ran out of a house, said Wausau Police Lt. Dwayne Dachel.

When the woman picked up her dog, the pit bull bit her left arm twice and dragged her to the ground, Dachel said. Another police report Dachel cited said the dog bit her head, as well. When the woman fell, her dog fell out of her arms, and the pit bull grabbed the dog and shook it to death.

The father of the pit bull’s owner captured the pit bull and brought it back inside, and it later was taken to the Humane Society of Marathon County to be quarantined, Dachel said.

The police chief can deem animals that have killed other animals or injured people without provocation as “prohibited dangerous” and ban them from the city, according to a city ordinance. The pit bull is the first animal the city has banned this year.

The paperwork banning the dog from entering the city was signed Friday morning and was scheduled to be delivered to the owner Friday afternoon, Police Chief Jeff Hardel said.

The dog’s owner has five days to find a new home for the pit bull outside the city limits. The “prohibited dangerous” designation can also be appealed within five days.

If the animal still is in the city after five days, the owner faces fines of $250 to $500 a day, according to the ordinance.

Animals that have chased or attacked other animals or humans can be designated as “dangerous,” and are ordered to be on leashes, muzzled and confined, according to the ordinance.

The city has deemed 10 dogs as dangerous this year, said Humane Officer Ashlee Bishop.

— Reporter Alison Dirr contributed to this report.

Theresa Clift can be reached at 715-845-0665. Follow her on Twitter as @tclift.